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EMMY NOMINATED ARTIST • BROADWAY • TELEVISION

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Original Work • Sesame Street • Broadway • Jim Henson Company • MET Opera

A man dressed in a colorful, floral-themed costume with an orange hat and pants, performing on stage with a puppet on his hand. The stage background has red curtains, and there is a stool with a red seat and a black piano in the background.

Performance

A man with a mustache and earrings taking a selfie with a blue furry puppet with big eyes, in a room with plain walls.

Puppet Wrangling

A woman with dark hair, wearing a floral cap, is hugging a large, fluffy white dog with a curly coat in an indoor setting, with caution signs and equipment visible in the background.

Puppet Directing

A man with glasses and a beard wearing a black shirt, a wide-brimmed hat, and an apron with a park badge, smiling and looking at a colorful puppet with vibrant pink hair, white eyes, an orange nose, and green fur.

Fabrication & Design

Featured Work

Water For Elephants

Broadway • National Tour

Two performers in colorful costumes are on stage with a large, realistic elephant puppet. The performer on the left is a man in suspenders, and the performer on the right is a woman with a pink fluffy headdress, smiling at each other under blue stage lighting.

The Tony- Nominated musical about a man who runs away with the circus features stunning moments of puppetry and circus arts.

Joshua is the puppet director for this production.

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A smiling man with a thick mustache, gray hair, and a blue shirt, holding his moustache with both hands in front of a beige background.

A Modern Day Mister Rogers with Hipster Appeal

- Boston Globe

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Puppeteer Joshua Holden performing at House of Yes in Brooklyn

Joshua Holden is an Emmy nominated artist, puppeteer, actor, and full time joy-maker who work spans stage and screen. From Sesame Street to Broadway, and his original shows that he creates, he brings meticulous craft and joyful imagination everywhere he goes.

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UPCOMING

DECEMBER 2026

The Joyfully Jolly Jamboree

Creator & performer • World premiere

Fall 2026

Metropolitan Opera — Lincoln at the Bardo

Puppetry Associate to James Ortiz • World premiere

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